Van Damme Likes To Keep His "Enemies Closer"

Enemies Closer (2013)

Rated R

Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Tom Everett Scott, Orlando Jones, Linzey Cocker

Directed by Peter Hyams

The Story:

Henry (Scott) is a park ranger near the US/Canadian border. Clay (Jones) has an issue with something Henry did in the past, and has come to the park to kill Henry. Xander (Van Damme) is a ruthless criminal who has come to the area looking for a plane that crashed carrying a lot of drugs on it. Their paths are about to cross.

It's weird seeing Van Damme as the bad guy.

Nearly his whole career has been spent playing the action hero we're all rooting for.

Come on, don't lie, you know you've watched his movies before.

:)

So while his movies may not hit the big screen, these direct to video B movie gems are floating around out there, and when the Hollywood machine doesn't churn out anything I really want to see during a week, I let the old Netflix queue send me some blast from the past.

It rarely disappoints.

Don't get me wrong, it's got flaws, and plenty of them. From some clunky dialogue to some just flat out head scratching moments, but the three leads: Scott, Jones and Van Damme  never give anything less than 100% out there, and they keep it interesting.

It's Van Damme as the villain with a thousand quirks, he keeps things interesting whenever he's on screen.

He's clearly relishing the chance to be the bad guy after all these years, and he's having a blast doing so.

Final Grade: C+